connection; link; relationship
like a decent person; human
being upright and cleanhanded
(social) position; status
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
inside and outside the company
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
underworld; underside of society
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located); Tokyo Stock Exchange
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
sunrise; half-melon shaped bun
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
a married woman's paramour; lover
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information